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I am having BSOD problems, and have been for a few months now. For the most part, they are random and fairly sporadic, yet today I had two within five minutes.

My system is a HP s3531.uk and runs Windows 7 Professional. The BSOD's themselves vary each and every time. There are 5 crash dumps in my minidump folder, although at my last count I've had more than five BSOD's, as the system has froze several times on the BS, so I had to shut it down manually and obviously the crash dump didn't complete.

I've already checked RAM and my HD for errors, to rule them out. I'm aware though that that doesn't mean they aren't to blame. Also, I've not installed any new software/hardware since the BS's started, of for some time before the first, so I'm pretty sure it isn't that.

Lastly, for a while before the first, and ever since, the whole system seems to be getting more and more sluggish, slow, unresponsive, and generally a pain to use. It also seems to freeze fairly often, without a BS appearing.

While running Windows (and MSE in background) only, it appears to be using around 1.1Gb of RAM. Don't know if that's normal Windows behaviour, or that it might be indicative of some problem.

Due to the general instability of the system, I'm fearful I might have come across some form of Virus or Malware that MSE can't track, though I sure hope not.

Lastly (apologies for the huge post) I've attached all of the crash dumps from the system, and hope that someone smarter than I can make head or tail of the problem.

Many older drivers on the system, please visit the manufacturer's support website and update ALL 0f your drivers (don't use Windows Update or the Update drivers function of Device Manager). Here's a list of the drivers that were found in the memory dumps:

If that doesn't stop the BSOD's, then try running Driver Verifier according to these directions:

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Using Driver Verifier is an iffy proposition. Most times it'll crash and it'll tell you what the driver is. But sometimes it'll crash and won't tell you the driver. Other times it'll crash before you can log in to Windows. If you can't get to Safe Mode, then you'll have to resort to offline editing of the registry to disable Driver Verifier.

So, I'd suggest that you first backup your stuff and then make sure you've got access to another computer so you can contact us if problems arise. Then make a System Restore point (so you can restore the system using the Vista/Win7 Startup Repair feature).

Then, here's the procedure:
- Go to Start and type in "verifier" (without the quotes) and press Enter
- Select "Create custom settings (for code developers)" and click "Next"
- Select "Select individual settings from a full list" and click "Next"
- Select everything EXCEPT FOR "Low Resource Simulation" and click "Next"NOTE: You can use Low Resource Simulation if you'd like. From my limited experimentation it makes the BSOD's come faster.
- Select "Select driver names from a list" and click "Next"
Then select all drivers NOT provided by Microsoft and click "Next"
- Select "Finish" on the next page.

Reboot the system and wait for it to crash to the Blue Screen. Continue to use your system normally, and if you know what causes the crash, do that repeatedly. The objective here is to get the system to crash because Driver Verifier is stressing the drivers out. If it doesn't crash for you, then let it run for at least 36 hours of continuous operation (an estimate on my part).

Reboot into Windows (after the crash) and turn off Driver Verifier by going back in and selecting "Delete existing settings" on the first page, then locate and zip up the memory dump file and upload it with your next post.

If you can't get into Windows because it crashes too soon, try it in Safe Mode.
If you can't get into Safe Mode, try using System Restore from your installation DVD to set the system back to the previous restore point that you created.

If that doesn't work, post back and we'll have to see about fixing the registry entry off-line:

Thank you for the quick response usasma! I'll get right onto updating all drivers, and get back to you once done. Quick question though; when you say the manufacturer's website, are you referring to the manufacturer of the system, HP? Or each individual manufacturer of every part of the system?

I normally request that you go to the manufacturer of each individual device. But with such a huge list it may be more efficient to visit the PC manufacturer's website and get their updates. The point is that you'll get the latest drivers from the device manufacturer's website - and depending on the PC manufacturer those drivers may take a while to get on the PC manufacturer's website (or they may never appear there).

If you use the PC manufacturer's website, we'll have to look at the drivers again IF you have another BSOD occur. Not a big problem, and it definitely will save you a lot of time!

Ok, I have attempted going to the PC manufacturer's website, I'm not sure if I'm missing something out, not seeing an option or something, but I cannot find any drivers to download.

I've put in the product name and number, it's been found, yet when I go to Software & Driver donloads, after choosing the OS, all it shows is a bunch of software application downloads I've never even heard of before, much less used.

Could someone check on the HP website to make sure I'm not just being a clot and missed something?

Failing that, I see the only thing for it is to update each driver one by one, correct? in which case, how would I go about finding out which driver file name in the list above corresponds to each component of the system?

Nope, you're doing it right. HP just doesn't have drivers listed for your system.
So, here's what to do...

type in your browser

Code:

http://www.carrona.org/dvrref.html#

then copy and paste the name of each driver after the # sign and press Enter

for example:

Code:

http://www.carrona.org/dvrref.html#sncduvc.SYS

It is case-sensitive, so be careful.
The table is designed with info in the 3rd column to help you out, and links in the 4th column to get you started looking for the drivers. If OEM is listed in the 4th column, just post back here and we'll see what we can find.

Do this for all the drivers - starting with the oldest first.
- Most of those starting with "nv" are your nVidia chipset drivers - you'll find that here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_...bit_15.49.html
- The 4 MpKsl... one's at the end are update files for Microsoft Security Essentials - don't bother with them, Windows Update will handle it.
- Don't worry about dump_nvstor32.sys - it's a copy of nvstor32.sys that Windows uses during the crash - no need to update it as it'll be recreated from the updated version when you next reboot.

till now my system was working well.but i today itself i got 3 BSOD crashes.my system is brand new dell inspiron regularly updated.i'm a naive user and cant figure out how to solve it.for details i'm attaching the dump files.

Apologies for the long time between posts! Lots of other stuff keeping me away from the computer, but I can get on with some work now. I've just tried the web link for both of the 2008 drivers - the first one being FsUsbExDisk.SYS, which has the link +++ ์ ๋น์ฟผํฐ์ค ๋์งํธ ์ ๋ณด ์ปจํ ์ธ ๋ณด์ ๊ธฐ์ ์ ์ต๊ฐ์ ํ ๋ฅดํ  +++. I've searched the site and can't seem to find driver downloads anywhere. The second 2008 driver; sncduvc.SYS, has OEM listed in the 4th column.

I figured I should check in before going on with any others as you had previously said I should update them oldest first.

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